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What is Architecture
1.
The complex or carefully designed structure of something.
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I. Description or specifications of design about how the information must be organized and processed. In Web design this concept applies to the contents organization in categories and the development of an interface to display these categories
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A blueprint of the underlying structure for linking the components of a computerised system and associated digital resources. It is more common to present a logical view of the
architecture
in which the components are specified at the conceptual level.
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How a digital library system, system component, or federation of systems is constituted or organized to operate.
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The structure of a neural network including the number and connectivity of neurons. A network generally consists of an input layer, one or more hidden layers, and an output layer.
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The structure specifying which modules will be part of a system together with their functions.
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The structure of components in a system, their interrelationships, principles, and guidelines governing their design and evolution over time. artificial intelligence. Intelligence as exhibited by a man-made, non-natural, or manufactured entity.
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In the case of a software-based system, its
architecture
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Architecture
is an approach to present Structures at macro level. This structure masks all the detailed operational issues for the common user of the services that the structure can provide.
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Knowledge of art, science, technology, and humanity. A general term to describe buildings and other physical structures. The design activity of the architect.
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The structure of a neural network consists of the number and connectivity of neurons. An input layer, one or more hidden layers and an output layer are the layers which generally form the network.
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In Information Systems research, a fundamental or aggregated artefact of technological, organizational and processual character.
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Fundamental concepts or properties of a system in its environment embodied in its elements, relationships, and in the principles of its design and evolution.
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Utilizing the definition of
architecture
as ‘the realization and reification of structures of relevance’ (Chambers Dictionary, 2008) allows us to extend
architecture
as a metaphor to include people and places as components, and the dynamic relationships of people to the system over time in terms of their attributions of meanings and values.
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A software
architecture
describes the high-level constructs of a software system, the relationships between them, and the disciplined process of creating such structures. Such structures enable and promote understanding of the software system. The notion of software
architecture
is a metaphor, inspired by the use of
architecture
in the built environment.
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In case of a software-based system, its
architecture
is represented by the logical arrangement of the system’s components, along with their functional characteristics and interrelationships.
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The number of artificial neurons, its arrangement and connectivity.
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A collection of descriptions that concern each individual stakeholder.
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Knowledge of art, science, technology, and humanity. A general term used to describe buildings and other physical structures. The design activity performed by an architect.
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It describes the main components of an entire system including its interconnections, relationships, logical and physical dependencies within a specific layout domain and socio-technological domain.
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The overall structure and organization of a computer system, in particular the hardware or software of the system.
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The
architecture
of a system is a metaphor analogous to the
architecture
of a building, in the sense that it functions as a blueprint for the system and the development. This refers to a description of the arrangement and connectivity of the parts of a system, their relationships to one another and to the environment and the principles guiding its design and evolution.
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Specific configuration of hardware and software elements in a system.
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Knowledge of art, science, technology, and humanity. A general term used to describe buildings and other physical structures. The design activity performed by an architect.
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A set of universally accepted components for the design, development and construction, evidenced on a dynamic set of maps that depict the interactions of factors as diverse as business processes, data, communications and technological resources.
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The number of artificial neurons, its arrangement and connectivity.
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This is the science of building design, and designing structures which are fit for purpose and which can stand the test of time.
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